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    Book Reviews

    In the Beginning Was the Spirit: Science, Religion and Indigenous Spirituality

    In the Beginning Was the Spirit: Science, Religion and Indigenous Spirituality

    Author: Diarmuid O'Murchu
    Reviewer: Jean Hardy
    Category: Religion & Spirituality
    This is a careful book and a very bold book. Diarmuid O'Murchu is seeking to push out the present boundaries of modern Science and Religion,…… Read More »
    CHRIST OF THE CELTS

    CHRIST OF THE CELTS

    Author: John Philip Newell
    Reviewer: Sue Bayliss
    Category: Religion & Spirituality
    On a recent visit to Iona I attended a book reading at the Abbey book shop. As I listened to John Philip Newell expressing his…… Read More »
    THE MYSTICAL COSMOS

    THE MYSTICAL COSMOS

    Author: Joseph Milne
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Philosophy / Metaphysics / Spirituality
    These lucid lectures take up the thread of Joseph Milne's previous book, Metaphysics and the Cosmic Order. They are short and elegant expressions of metaphysics,…… Read More »
    THE MORE BEAUTIFUL WORLD OUR HEARTS KNOW IS POSSIBLE

    THE MORE BEAUTIFUL WORLD OUR HEARTS KNOW IS POSSIBLE

    Author: Charles Eisenstein
    Reviewer: Rupert Crisswell
    Category: Spirituality & Philosophy
    Meeting Charles Eisenstein over dinner on a winter's evening in Scotland, I was left with the impression of a man who has stepped into the…… Read More »
    Caretakers of the Cosmos

    Caretakers of the Cosmos

    Author: Gary Lachman
    Reviewer: Martin Lockley
    Category: Philosophy / Consciousness / Spirituality
    Do you have doubts about humanity or worry the world is in a mess? Do you fear that human nature dooms us to walk the…… Read More »
    THE HEALING POWER OF THE SACRED WOMAN

    THE HEALING POWER OF THE SACRED WOMAN

    Author: Christine R. Page M.D.
    Reviewer: Annie Davison
    Category: Mind, Body & Spirit
    The violations of sacred womanhood, says Dr Christine Page, go back more than 3,000 years, to the time when sexuality and spirituality became separated and…… Read More »
    Intelligent Kindness

    Intelligent Kindness

    Authors: John Ballatt, Penelope Campling
    Reviewer: Margaret Hannah
    Category: Healthcare / NHS / Psychodynamics
    In a profound, timely and nuanced book, Ballatt and Campling delve into the human dynamics, which lie at the heart of effective healthcare. They begin…… Read More »
    THE GIFT OF ALZHEIMER'S – Heart and Soul Journey

    THE GIFT OF ALZHEIMER'S – Heart and Soul Journey

    Author: Maggie La Tourelle
    Reviewer: Janine Edge
    Category: Health & Spirituality
    It may be hard to imagine how a conversation with a person suffering from Alzheimer's could become an utterly absorbing read. Yet this is the…… Read More »
    AUTISM AND SPIRITUALITY

    AUTISM AND SPIRITUALITY

    Author: Olga Bogdashina
    Reviewer: Larry Culliford
    Category: Spirituality & Psychiatry
    There are two kinds of knowledge. Science is material knowledge, about the world and the universe. Wisdom is sacred knowledge, about who we truly are,…… Read More »
    EVOLUTION-INVOLUTION

    EVOLUTION-INVOLUTION

    Author: P.A. Rees
    Reviewer: David Lorimer
    Category: Science & Philosophy
    1 page to come later today! Access to this page is restricted to Members and Friends of the Scientific and Medical Network Only. Please log… Read More »
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